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neuron/0368f5e0-e5f8-46f2-9cd3-c028c04a15d1/File_CRUD_operations_in_Python.md

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 created: Friday, October 25, 2024
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-# File CRUD operations in Python
+# File operations in Python
 
 Most create, delete, move etc operations invoke the inbuilt `os` module.
 

neuron/0368f5e0-e5f8-46f2-9cd3-c028c04a15d1/File_operations_in_Python.md

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+---
+tags: [python, file-system, procedural]
+created: Friday, October 25, 2024
+---
+
+# File operations in Python
+
+Most create, delete, move etc operations invoke the inbuilt `os` module.
+
+// Add directory CRUD operations in Python
+
+## Renaming files (moving)
+
+```py
+import os
+os.rename('original-file-name.txt', 'new-file-name.txt')
+```
+
+## Deleting files
+
+```py
+import os
+os.remove('file-name.txt')
+```

neuron/0368f5e0-e5f8-46f2-9cd3-c028c04a15d1/Working_with_directories_in_Python.md

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+---
+tags: [python, file-system, procedural]
+created: Friday, October 25, 2024
+---
+
+# Working with directories in Python
+
+## List files in a directory
+
+```py
+# Here we list the file exts of files in a dir
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+with os.scandir("/a/directory") as dir:
+    for entry in dir:
+        print(Path(entry).suffix)
+```
+
+## Create a directory
+
+```py
+import os
+
+os.makedirs("/name/of/directory")
+```
+
+### Check if directory exists, remove if so
+
+```py
+import os
+import shutil
+
+if os.path.isdir("/name/of/directory")
+    shutil.rmtree(target_dir)
+```
+
+## Copy a nested directory from location to another
+
+```py
+import shutil
+
+shutil.copytree("/source/dir", "/target/dir", dir_exist_ok=True)
+```

neuron/0368f5e0-e5f8-46f2-9cd3-c028c04a15d1/index.md

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-**Build ID:** 34679fdf-5a10-42d3-941d-d835c4b29c36
+**Build ID:** 0368f5e0-e5f8-46f2-9cd3-c028c04a15d1
 
-**Published:** Fri 25 Oct 2024 09:51:21
+**Published:** Fri 25 Oct 2024 13:28:54
 
 ### Recent edits 
 
-- [[Reading_files_in_Python]] 
+- [[Working_with_directories_in_Python]] 
 - [[File_CRUD_operations_in_Python]] 
+- [[File_operations_in_Python]] 
+- [[Reading_files_in_Python]] 
 - [[With_open_in_Python]] 
 - [[Writing_to_files_in_Python]] 
 - [[Error_handling_in_Python]] 
 - [[File_system_error_handling_in_Python]] 
-- [[Appending_to_files_in_Python]] 
-- [[e470bf3d_IMPs_in_the_ARPANET]] 
 
 
-### All notes (473) 
+### All notes (475) 
 
 - [[385af4b4_Baran_distributed_networks]] 
 - [[653c0b1d_host_protocols_of_ARPANET]] 
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 - [[Fetch_from_Secrets_Manager]] 
 - [[File_CRUD_operations_in_Python]] 
 - [[File_descriptors]] 
+- [[File_operations_in_Python]] 
 - [[File_permissions_and_execution_in_Bash]] 
 - [[File_system_error_handling_in_Python]] 
 - [[Filesystems]] 
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ computer science.
 - [[With_open_in_Python]] 
 - [[Working_with_CSVs_in_Python]] 
 - [[Working_with_JSON_in_Python]] 
+- [[Working_with_directories_in_Python]] 
 - [[Working_with_numbers_in_Bash]] 
 - [[Writing_to_files_in_Python]] 
 - [[Zero_property_of_multiplication]] 

zk/File_CRUD_operations_in_Python.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tags: [python, file-system, procedural]
 created: Friday, October 25, 2024
 ---
 
-# File CRUD operations in Python
+# File operations in Python
 
 Most create, delete, move etc operations invoke the inbuilt `os` module.
 

zk/File_operations_in_Python.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+tags: [python, file-system, procedural]
+created: Friday, October 25, 2024
+---
+
+# File operations in Python
+
+Most create, delete, move etc operations invoke the inbuilt `os` module.
+
+// Add directory CRUD operations in Python
+
+## Renaming files (moving)
+
+```py
+import os
+os.rename('original-file-name.txt', 'new-file-name.txt')
+```
+
+## Deleting files
+
+```py
+import os
+os.remove('file-name.txt')
+```

zk/Working_with_directories_in_Python.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+tags: [python, file-system, procedural]
+created: Friday, October 25, 2024
+---
+
+# Working with directories in Python
+
+## List files in a directory
+
+```py
+# Here we list the file exts of files in a dir
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+with os.scandir("/a/directory") as dir:
+    for entry in dir:
+        print(Path(entry).suffix)
+```
+
+## Create a directory
+
+```py
+import os
+
+os.makedirs("/name/of/directory")
+```
+
+### Check if directory exists, remove if so
+
+```py
+import os
+import shutil
+
+if os.path.isdir("/name/of/directory")
+    shutil.rmtree(target_dir)
+```
+
+## Copy a nested directory from location to another
+
+```py
+import shutil
+
+shutil.copytree("/source/dir", "/target/dir", dir_exist_ok=True)
+```